BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 20-21 May
family
PROGRAM
PRESENTED BY
welcome!
Jay Weatherill
douglas gautier AM
Susannah sweeney
PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
CEO AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE
DREAMBIG CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CREATIVE PRODUCER
It was an honour for Adelaide Festival Centre to produce South Australia’s beloved Come Out Children’s Festival in 2015. The highly successful nine day festival engaged with over 100,000 children and their communities and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from schools and families.
Welcome to DreamBIG, SA’s festival for schools and families that is amongst the biggest, brightest and boldest of its kind in the world. The name might have changed but DreamBIG continues its proud history.
With a new name in 2016, DreamBIG Children’s Festival will engage with children and their families from across South Australia, and I am looking forward to a successful event. Engaging with the arts brings great joy to our children, and it contributes to their intellectual development and wellbeing. The opportunities for creativity and artistic expression that stem from a festival such as DreamBIG cannot be overestimated.
In 2017, we are pleased to continue the tradition of the festival with its new name and we look forward to bringing DreamBIG Children’s Festival to children and families across South Australia.
The theme this time is ‘Feed the Mind’. Feeding the hungry minds of children with a multiplicity of arts experiences is vital to their development. It’s a proven fact – an arts rich education benefits children now and into their futures. This festival is a celebration of how creativity can nourish, challenge and burst open the minds of students with new ideas, questions, wonder and fun.
CONTENTS 22-23 Adelaide International Youth Film Festival
19 In A Deep Dark Forest
35 Art Talk: Creativity and Arts Education
28 Jump First, Ask Later
6-23 Big Family Weekend
26 Losing Faith in Unicorns
24-25 Calendar
16 McNirt Hates Dirt
5 DreamBIG Singing Opening Event
21 Mr Stink
29 E Bully
30 Oddysea
36-40 Exhibitions
31 Rain
34 Frozen Girl
46 Redevelopment Information
17 Gone Viral
32 Squelch
20 Grave Child
33 Tetris
27 Hart
18 The Listies 6D*
47 How To Book
15 Touch & Go
BECOME AN ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE SUBSCRIBER AND SAVE! If you buy tickets to four or more shows presented by Adelaide Festival Centre in one transaction, you will receive a discount price for your tickets and will automatically become one of our subscribers. Other benefits of being a subscriber include access to special offers and an invitation for you and a guest to a performance during the year as our guests.
For information about subscribing and which shows can be included in your “4 or more” subscription, go to dreambigfestival.com.au/families/tickets/ Show Bookings For information on how to book, please go to the inside back cover!
DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2017 is proud to celebrate UNESCO Week of Arts Education 22 – 28 May Adelaide is a UNESCO City of Music, joining 115 other cities as part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. UNESCO promotes both the “learning through the arts/culture” and “learning in the arts/culture” approaches. We would like to take this chance to acknowledge this is the traditional land of the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today. The Kaurna people are the Traditional owners of the land on which the Adelaide Festival Centre is located.
car parking - how to get here We acknowledge that the redevelopment may cause disruption and apologise for inconvenience accessing Adelaide Festival Centre.
KINTORE AVE
Adelaide Central car park
NORTH TERRACE
RUNDLE MALL
13 Adelaide Oval
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Rundle Mall
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Currie Street
Pulteney Street
North Terrace
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Hindley Street
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Grenfell Street
Hindmarsh Square
Pirie Street
Franklin Street
Flinders Street
GroteFestival Street 01 Adelaide Centre 02 S tate Library of South Australia (including Flinders University City Gallery) 03 Migration Museum 04 South Australian Museum
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Street Art Gallery of SouthWakefield Australia Scots ChurchVictoria Square Freemasons Hall Ayers House Tandanya Mercury Cinema
Frome Street
Light Square
Waymouth Street
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Convention Centre
Kintore Avenue
Morphett Street
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King William Road
River Torrens
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Samstag Museum of Art Carclew Women’s & Children’s Hospital Adelaide Botanic Gardens Restless Dance Theatre
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CHARLES ST
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KING WILLIAM ST
Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre Access The recommended Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre drop off zone is at the northern end of the Riverbank Footbridge on War Memorial Drive. Walk across the footbridge to Dunstan Playhouse. There is also a drop off area and two accessible car spaces on lower Festival Drive, accessible from the west via Montefiore Road.
Car Parking Adelaide Festival Centre’s car park closed on 1 January 2017 to allow for ELDER PARK NS the construction of the new car park RRE R TO RIVE and redevelopment of Festival Plaza. We teamed up with Wilson Parking FESTIVAL DR FESTIVAL DR to offer patrons a discounted rate at Wilson Adelaide Central car park (225 North Terrace). Please go to wilsonparking.com.au to book a bay. HINDLEY ST You will need to use Promo Code AFCPARK to receive car parking for $7.50, after 5pm on week nights and all day Saturday, Sunday. If parking during the day Monday–Friday fee will be $14.50 with same promo code.
DreamBIG Singing Opening Event
AGES: ALL
EVENT TYPE: OPENING EVENT
Thursday 18 May – 11am
In an event that is fast becoming a festival tradition, 2000 school children from primary schools around Adelaide will create the Mighty Choir of Small Voices and sing a newly composed song – 'Dream Big' by Robyn Habel – to celebrate the re-naming of Come Out Children’s Festival as DreamBIG Children’s Festival. This year’s theme is 'Feed the Mind' and we are transforming Adelaide’s footbridge into one big neural pathway. Gathering at Telstra Plaza Adelaide Oval for the song, the children will then chant, dance and walk their way across the footbridge towards Adelaide Festival Centre beneath large parachutes designed and decorated by regional schools with images describing all the wonderful things that can feed our minds.
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FREE
EVENTS Unless signed otherwise
A joyous, fun, BIG inclusive event that will span many varied locations along North Terrace and a few to the side. Join us on a trail of art and wonder for children and their families over two days for shows, workshops, activities, exhibitions, eating, making, watching, laughing, thinking, chatting, questionining, dancing, singing and performances. There really is something for everyone. Follow the trail for your age-group and discover an assortment of great events along the route. More information about the Big Family Weekend will be released in April 2017 at dreambigfestival.com.au or look out for the program poster around town.
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Government House Open Day You are invited to Government House Open Day, on the Sunday of the Big Family Weekend. Learn about the current workings of the house from Government House volunteers, explore the gardens, join in a circus workshop or enjoy a children’s guided meditation session.
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Government House and gardens open 10am–4pm Meditation sessions with Lifeflow Meditation Centre: 10.30am, 11.30am and 12.30pm PLAI Circus Workshops ongoing from 10am–3.30pm Garden Tours every 30 min on the hour & half hour Book all activities on the day Sunday Only
AGES: 0-10
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Mud Play, Loose Parts Play & Cubby Building With Climbing Tree
Get your hands dirty and explore your own creativity through a range of natureinspired activities. 10am–3.30pm In front of SA Museum and Art Gallery of SA No Bookings required
Dig-A
-Dino
Dig-A-Dino is a new take on a classic childhood toy, wooden flat pack dinosaur skeleton puzzles. Giant colourful puzzle pieces are buried within a ball pit, allowing kids to hunt for dinosaur bones and then piece their skeleton together like a palaeontologist. 10am–3pm Lawns, SA Museum No Bookings required
AGES: 0-10
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AGES: 4-10
The Little Barista Program by Bean Bar
Learn how to make the perfect coffee with Bean Bar! Find out everything you need to know to make Mum or Dad a special cuppa. Suitable for ages 9+ only 45 min – 11am & 1pm AHMS Building University of Adelaide Book online at dreambigfestival.com.au two weeks prior to event.
AGES: 9+
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Paper Planet by Polyglot Theatre
The Children’s Republic of Adelaide by Ben Landau
Image: Ben Williams Image: Martin Reddy
Paper Planet is an environment installation created by children from the simplest of materials. Imaginations go wild as children and their families make creatures, vines, flowers, costumes and other seemingly impossible constructions, adding to the world of paper that surrounds them. 10am–12pm & 1.30pm–3.30pm (2 hr sessions) Main Hall, Freemasons Hall AGES: No Bookings required
3+
Ayers House Open Day
If the children of Adelaide joined together and made their own country, what would it be like? What would the rules be? Which values would be important? Children’s autonomy is encouraged as they design their own national flag, constitution and coat of arms in this hands-on workshop. 10am–3pm The Armoury, SA Museum Limited spaces on the day
AGES: 8+
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You may have passed Ayers House a thousand times – seize this chance to come inside! Explore the nooks and crannies of Ayers House, Adelaide’s best preserved Victorian era mansion. Learn what life was like in the 19th century. Wander through the house, discover secret treasures and dress up in Victorian garb. 10am–3.30pm Ayers House Museum 10am, 11am, 1pm & 2pm State Dining Room activities Gold Coin Donation
AGES: 4+
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Into the Jungle
Pop-Up Science Lectures with the Children’s University
Image: Valentina Kru
by Side Pony Productions
leigh hobbs
Step into the story and play a character in this action packed, immersive audio experience. Into the Jungle is technology without the screens, inviting kids to imagine a brave new world (with the help of some great sound effects) that they are at the heart of.
Meet Australia’s Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs in this fun, interactive drawing event. Create your own Old Tom and Mr Chicken and your own unforgettable characters.
10.30am–3.30pm John Bishop Room, Adelaide Festival Centre
60 min – 10.30 & 12.30pm Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library of South Australia
No Bookings required
AGES: 8+
Department of Culture and the Arts
This project has been funded by the Western Australian Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.
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AGES: 8+
Book online two weeks prior on dreambigfestival.com.au Please note Leigh Hobbs books will be available to purchase and be signed on the day.
Children’s University Adelaide will be delivering, with the five faculties from the University of Adelaide, lectures like you’ve never heard before! Come and listen to these engaging talks covering a range of topics presented by experts in their field to delight curious minds and budding scientists. Don’t forget to pack your passports. University of Adelaide AGES: North Terrace Campus 8+ Check times via dreambigfestival.com.au
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Silent Colour Mapping Disco By The Art Bus
Come Dance
with Me, Again
By Restless Dance Theatre
Come and party with the nonstop dance-a-thon that is the Silent Disco. Last session starts at 3pm. 10am–3.30pm The Bistro, Adelaide Festival Centre No Bookings required
Take a walk through South Australia’s history in the colourful and culturallyrich environment of the Migration Museum. Children will experiment with colour and create an abstract painting in this hands on workshop. 60 min – 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm Migration Museum
AGES: 4+
No Bookings required
AGES: 10+
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Image: Riley Scott
Image: Cath Leo
Image: Miranda Harris
with DJ Patch
Restless Dance Theatre is back with an exciting dance workshop for children with and without disability. 45 min Saturday – 11am & 1pm Sunday – 1pm & 3pm McGregor Room, Scots Church 237 North Terrace, Adelaide Book on the day
AGES: 8+
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Silent Messy Disco Tour with Mucho Micho
Get up and boogie on a very different tour of North Terrace and Adelaide Festival Centre. Pop on some headphones and join tour guide Mucho Micho, brought to us by Guru Dudu, for a walking tour that gives plenty of stops for dance breaks. AGES: 45 min – 10.30am, 8+ 12.30pm & 2.30pm Meet outside Bonython Hall University of Adelaide
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CubbyTOWN Gallery
Play
with Playgroups SA
Recognising the importance of play in a child’s development, Playgroup SA invites you to explore the value and benefits of messy play including: enhancing creativity, problem solving skills, fine and gross motor skills, social skills, exploratory skills, and senses – taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight. 10am, 12pm & 2pm In front of Bonython Hall University of Adelaide
AGES: 0-4
Playgroup SA is a non-profit, community organisation committed to providing quality services and support to families with young children across South Australia.
A hit of Come Out Children’s Festival 2015, CubbyTOWN returns with a paper white makeover for 2017. CubbyTOWN Gallery is a living, ever-changing gallery where everyone gets to make their mark. 10am–4pm Institute Building, State Library of South Australia
AGES: 0-10
PART OF THE BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 20-21 MAY
Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants Performed by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Come on an adventure with Paul Rissmann and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra who, with music and images, will show you that being small never stopped anybody from being courageous and clever! Based on the book, Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants, by Giles Andreae, internationally acclaimed composer and educator Paul Rissmann will guide families in an interactive story telling experience. 35 min – 10.30am, 12pm & 2pm Radford Auditorium, AGES: Art Gallery of South Australia 4-8 SATURDAY ONLY
Chalkboard Gallery
Lights! Camera! Action!
By Nonsense Inc.
By Ausdance
Create your own chalk masterpiece for everyone to admire, or add your own touch to someone else’s work! 10am–3.30pm Prince Henry Gardens (in front of Government House)
AGES: 0-8
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Learn hip-hop & break-dancing moves, acting, rapping and lip syncing with professional dance teachers, and then star in your very own film clip that you can enjoy forever! Kids can choose from a range of hip-hop, pop and old-skool songs to show off their skills. 20 min – 10am–3.30pm Laneway between Art Gallery of South Australia and South Australian Museum
AGES: 8-10
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HONK! OUTDOOR STAGES Pop Up Play
Join us in the Prince Henry Gardens (in front of Government House) and in front of Elder Hall for some amazing performances and workshops! Learn swing dancing with Swing Out Adelaide, get down with Indigenous Hip-Hop Projects, learn some yoga, laugh, sing, dance and applaud a range of amazing performers. PLUS: • Imagination Playground • Delve into the past with the South Australian History Festival • I n the Saddle – On the Wall Exhibition at Flinders University Gallery • Troubled Waters Exhibition at Samstag Museum • Adelaide International Youth Film Festival at Mercury Cinema • Roving Performances from Bamboozled Productions • L ots more to be added closer to the time! Check our website and Families at Adelaide Festival Centre Facebook page for updates Full stage program available from April 2017 via dreambigfestival.com.au
GRAB A BITE There will be plenty of food and drink options available, with food vans dotted along North Terrace and several local businesses offering great family deals during the Big Family Weekend!
Join HONK! Pop-up Play’s unconventional play space where kids can design and build their own games and adventures using natural and recycled materials. In this dynamic and stimulating environment, children have access to a diverse collection of materials that encourage creativity, innovation and exploration. 10am–3.30pm Courtyard between Bonython Hall and Adelaide Law School Building 14 – dreambig 2017
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AGES: 2
45
MIN
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Calling all twoyear old children and their adults! Touch & Go is a dancing game of cause and effect, dedicated to the mighty two-year old.
Touch & Go entices, dares and entertains children in a playful environment. Two year olds are invited to enter a playful world of shapes and pathways, stepping stones and lines, with two friendly dancers
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE and a live guitarist. The children become part of the performance themselves or observe from a safe distance, touching and going – just as they need to.
18–21 May
By Sally Chance Dance Produced by Insite Arts
Bookings
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Image: ArtPlay
Touch & Go
Thurs 12pm & 2pm Fri 10am & 12pm Sat & Sun 10am, 12pm & 2pm
Restless Dance Studios
195 Gilles Street, Adelaide
For bookings refer to page 47 $20 for toddler & one adult $25 for toddler & two adults
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AGES: 3—5
45
MIN
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
M nirt hates dirt c
McNirt Hates Dirt is a thoughtful journey, full of wonder and worms, music and mud: an eccentric experience with an organic twist! Staged in an earth inspired tent at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, McNirt Hates Dirt provides an intimate, unique
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theatrical experience in the round. Designed to actively involve the audience and engage young children on multiple levels, McNirt has no iPads or smart phones – just hands-on digging in the dirt. By The McNirt Collective
Image: Miranda Hampton
A tender, funny tale of friendship and discovery that unfolds in a beautiful, recycled world.
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
10am, 1pm & 3pm
Noel Lothian Hall
Adelaide Botanic Garden, North Tce, Adelaide
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20
PART OF THE BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 20-21 MAY
Gone
60 MIN
AGES: 12+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Viral Written By Sally Hardy
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Cassie is 17 years old, and her father is dying of cancer. Somehow Cassie must find the words to say goodbye – but how can she do this without revealing who she really is? As if school pressures, cyber scandals and friendships gone wrong are not enough to deal with, Cassie must face all of this while her world is turned
upside down by cancer. Then again, if she can find the courage, it might just be the making of her. Alongside the painfully important issue of childhood grief, this awardwinning play tackles some of the most pressing issues facing young people today with humour and sensitivity. By Free Range Theatrix
Image: Matthew Ralph/5 Quarter Designs
Winner of the Trinity College London International Playwriting Award for Teenage Audiences
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
1pm & 3pm Auslan: 1pm, 20 May
Tandanya
253 Grenfell St, Adelaide
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20 Language Warning Adolescent Themes
PART OF THE BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 20-21 MAY
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60 MIN
AGES: 6-12
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
The* Listies 6D
Image: Andrew Wutke
(*It's Twice as Good as 3D)
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Australia’s most sort after kids’ comedians star in an award-winning, interactive show all about the movies. The Listies will make you LOL (laugh out loud), ROFL (roll on the floor laughing) and even ROFLSHALBOWCO (roll on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee comes out). Are you sick of reinvented fairy tales and book adaptations?
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The Listies toss all that aside and instead you can expect haunted backpacks, ninja nans, vomiting puppets and fully automatic toilet paper cannons. The best part? In every performance, through the magic of a helmet powered GoPro, an actual movie is made – which you star in!
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
11am & 2pm
Space Theatre
Adelaide Festival Centre
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20
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60 MIN
AGES: 7-11
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
In a Deep Dark Forest Writer & Original Director: Roslyn Oades Associate Director: Brienna Macnish Audio & Composition: Robert D Jordan Design & Lighting: Rainbow Sweeny Script Consultant: Jacob Williams Games Mentor: Myfanwy Jones
Our story begins as a tribe of brave children set forth into the darkness on a daring quest to return the light and save the beautiful forest. This is YOUR chance to step into the story!
a magical pop-up forest and played in the dark. Children will undergo a series of fun challenges to complete the quest and bring to life this classic storytelling adventure.
In A Deep Dark Forest is a highly interactive, exciting new adventure game, set in
By Roslyn Oades & Collaborators Produced by The Inhabitors
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Image: Leading Hand Design
A Quest for the Bravest of the Brave!
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
10am, 12.30pm & 3.30pm
Rehearsal Room 1
Adelaide Festival Centre
Sold Out
In A Deep Dark Forest was originally developed and created by writer/director Roslyn Oades in collaboration with Simon Bedford, Jacob Williams, Rainbow Sweeny and Robert D Jordan. This project was seeded by City of Melbourne through ArtPlay’s New Ideas Lab and developed with the assistance of Arts Centre Melbourne and the City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program.
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MIN
AGES: 11+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Image: Brett Hartwig
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Grave Child
WORLD PREMIERE
Inspired by true stories from South Australia's near and distant past. Set in a children’s cemetery, Grave Child casts its audience as visitors to this chilling, otherworldly environment. Performed in the highly atmospheric basement of the Adelaide Freemasons Hall, Grave Child is a fusion of live performance and installation and is told through the eyes of young people. As audience members wander from grave to grave, they meet an array of departed young souls, each 20 – dreambig 2017
hungering to tell the stories of their demise–chilling tales told in urgent whispers. This is a theatrical experience like no other. Guided by professional artists, Grave Child is developed and performed by SAYarts actors aged between twelve and fourteen years. Written and directed by Sean Riley for SAYarts for the 2017 DreamBIG Children’s Festival in association with History SA.
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
11am & 1.30pm
Sam Jacobs Room
Freemasons Hall, 254 North Terrace, Adelaide
Bookings
Book at sayarts.com.au Adult $20 Child $15
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60 MIN
ADELAIDE PREMIERE
It all starts when Chloe, just about the loneliest girl in the world, makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Sure he smells a bit, but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her. So, when Mr Stink needs a place to stay, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed. Now Chloe’s got to make sure no one finds out her secret, but she’s about to learn that some secrets have
AGES: 6-12
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
A play by Maryam Master Based on the book by David Walliams, Directed by Jonathan Biggins
a way of leading to disaster. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the eye…or the nose…
Big Family Weekend 20–21 May
Mr Stink is a touching, twisted, hilarious, and very smelly tale…hold on to your nose!
Adelaide Festival Centre
A CDP Kids production presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
PART OF THE BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 20-21 MAY
Sat 10.30am, 1pm & 3.30pm Sun 10.30am & 1pm
Dunstan Playhouse Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20
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ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL preview The full aiyff event will be held in sept 2017
A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF YOUTH, STORIES AND CULTURE.
Sat 20 May Mercury Cinema
In an exciting first, The Adelaide International 13 Morphett St, Adelaide Youth Film Festival presents a preview of their fun filled, thought provoking, inspiring ALL TICKETS $8 program for DreamBIG Children’s Festival. FOR BOOKINGS Short films from all over the world have GO TO PAGE 47 been selected to encourage young viewers to expand their imagination into different Boston ways stories can be told. By the Name of
SESSION 1: 9.30AM
AGES: 2-5
50
Sky High
MIN
Little Shimajiro Japan 2015 Directed by Isamu Hirabayashi Shimajiro is a mischievous little tiger boy living in a quiet forest. When he falls into a hole, many of the forest’s residents try to help him.
Getting Dressed Can be Fun France–Belgium 2016 Directed by Samuel Guenole
Arthur is obliged to get dressed quickly in the morning before going to school. Each step is one more test that he tries to avoid so as to enjoy more fun preoccupations. And his imagination knows no bounds! Other films in this session: Lady Bug (Russia) – Little Lion Pustewind (Germany) – I am not a Mouse (UK) – Miriam’s Stray Dog (Estonia) – Octopus (Germany) – Perfect Houseguest (USA) – The Musical Dragon (Switzerland) – You and Me (Australia) – Zoe (Australia)
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SESSION 2: AGES: 11AM 5-10
60 MIN
Taking Flight
zoo story
USA 2015 Directed by Brandon Oldenburg What begins as a small boy’s over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a largerthan-life journey.
Czech Republic 2015 Directed by Veronika Zacharová A curious girl is visiting a zoo with her mom. What plan will a friendly girl devise, when she meets a lonely gorilla and her mom is busy with business calls?
Other films in this session: The Little Girl (Aus) – Matilde (Italy) – Moroshka (Russia) – Sky High (UK) – The Sled (Russia) – Real Strength (Denmark)
SESSION 3: AGES: 12.30PM 8-12
60 MIN
Super Sounds
The Unwashed Penguin
Australia 2014 Directed by Stephen de Villiers Even Superheroes need friends.
Switzerland 2015 Directed by Isabelle Favez The lyric story about small penguin who was afraid of water and can’t swim with other penguins. But desire to have friends is much more stronger than all the fears and barriers.
Other films in this session: The Present (Germany) – Ant Muralan and the Magic Soap (Australia) – Eddie Spaghetti (Australia) – Butterflies (Italy) – Where have you been? (Germany) – Adija (USA) – Like Dad (South Korea) – By the Name of Boston (USA)
SESSION 4: AGES: 2PM ALL
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My Little Sumo
BEST O F THE FEST Eddie Spaghetti
Australia 2015 Little Australian girl Daisy with the help of her super smart cat Charlie and beloved granny, sets out to become a sumo champ.
Australia 2015 Directed by Peter Nizic A fantastical tale of an 8 year old boy’s explosive reaction to meeting a new girl at school.
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Other films in this session: The Present (Germany 2015) – Moroshka (Russian Federation 2015) – Octopus (Germany 2015) – You and Me (Australia 2016)
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event calendar EVENT
PG
VENUE
5
Adelaide Oval / Footbridge
BIG FAMILY
THURS 18 MAY
FRI 19 MAY
SAT 20 MAY
SPECIAL EVENT DreamBIG Singing - Opening Event
11
PERFORMANCE/FILM Adelaide International Youth Film Festival
20
Mercury Cinema
E Bully
29
The Parks Theatre
Frozen Girl
34
Tandanya
Gone Viral
17
Tandanya
Grave Child
20
Sam Jacobs Room
HART
27
Space Theatre
In a Deep Dark Forest *SOLD OUT*
19
Rehearsal Room 1
Jump First, Ask Later
28
Dunstan Playhouse
9:30, 11, 12.30, 2 7
2, 7 1 (Auslan), 3 11, 1.30 10, 12.30, 3.30
Losing Faith in Unicorns
26
Suburban House
11, 2, 5
McNirt Hates Dirt
16
Noel Lothian Hall
10, 1, 3
Mr Stink
21
Dunstan Playhouse
Oddysea
30
Marion Cultural Centre
Rain
31
Rehearsal Room 1
Squelch
32
Southern Parklands
Tetris
33
Space Theatre
The Listies 6D*
18
Space Theatre
Touch & GO
15
Restless Dance Studios
Government House Open Day
7
Government House
Big Family Weekend Activities
8-14 Adelaide Festival Centre and North Terrace
10.30, 1, 3.30
11, 2 12, 2
10, 12
10, 12, 2
BIG FAMILY WEEKEND 10–3.30
TALKS Art Talk
35
Hawke Centre - Uni SA
EXHIBITIONS A Playful Past
40
State Library of SA
Hello Pakistan
36
Adelaide Festival Centre
In the Saddle – On the Wall
38
Flinders University City Gallery
Kids' Gallery
38
Carclew
La Baracca
39
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
Mind My Colour
40
Women's & Children's Hospital TeamKids Gallery
Movie Music Making
37
Festival Theatre Foyer
My Paper World
36
Space Theatre Foyer
Statistics Through Art
37
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
Troubled Waters
39
Samstag Museum
10 9–5 daily 11–4
12–4
11–5 daily
2–5
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MON 22 MAY
TUES 23 MAY
WED 24 MAY
THURS 25 MAY
FRI 26 MAY
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SAT 27 MAY
SUN 28 MAY
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1, 3 11, 1.30 6.30 10, 12.30, 3.30 1 11,2,5 10, 1, 3 10:30, 1 10, 12.30 10.30, 12, 1.30
10.30, 12, 1.30
10.30, 12, 1.30
10.30, 12, 1.30 10, 11.30, 1, 2.30, 4 10, 11.30, 1, 2.30 1, 3
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10 9–5 daily 12–4
12–4
11–4 10–3 daily 10–3 daily 10–5 daily 10–3 daily 9–3 daily 10–3 daily 11–5 daily
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60 MIN
AGES: 12+
EVENT TYPE:
PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION
losing faith in unicorns
WORLD PREMIERE Image: Lauren Playfair
(Unfortunately) everyone has to grow up Enter a real house in the southern suburbs of Adelaide and lose yourself in the dark and sometimes hilarious corners of a young person’s mind.
artists, Losing Faith in Unicorns is an invitation to touch, hear, sit, open, rifle through and explore. Part performance, part immersive installation, part choose your own experience.
Created by real teenagers in collaboration with professional
By Kids Against Humanity
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20 & 27 May
11am, 2pm & 5pm
Suburban house 26 Anderson Ave Port Noarlunga
Bookings
carclew.org.au Adult $15 Child/Concession $10 Language Warning Adolescent Themes
50
AGES: 12+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Image: Gabi Briggs
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HART Between the years 1900–1970, an unknown number of Indigenous Australian children were forcibly removed from their families. Parents driven mad, grandparents heartbroken, siblings torn apart, language lost, and culture stripped away. Using testimonials from survivors of the Stolen Generations, Noongar man Ian Michael shares the silenced stories of this country in a multi award-winning performance that is matter-offact, heartfelt and accessible.
"Beautiful, heartbreaking and liberating storytelling...” AussieTheatre.com
By She Said Theatre
22 May
CREATIVE CREDITS Performed by Ian Michael Written by Ian Michael and Seanna van Helten
Space Theatre
Winner: Best Emerging Artist (Adelaide Fringe 2016) Best Emerging Indigenous Artist (Melbourne Fringe 2015) SA Tour Ready Award (Melbourne Fringe 2015) Tiki Tour Ready Award (Melbourne Fringe 2015)
Mon 6.30pm
Adelaide Festival Centre
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 GreenRoom $20 Family of 4 $80 Subscription $20
Nominee: 2015 Green Room Award for Best Production – Independent Theatre
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50 MIN
AGES: 8+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Jump first, ask later directed By Byron Perry
Jump First, Ask Later embodies the spirit of Parkour. This powerful work tells the collective stories of six young champions of Parkour – stories of first and second-generation Australians overcoming social isolation and stigma through movement. Hailing from Fairfield’s Parkour and streetstyle communities, it may be an adrenaline-pumping
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Image: Peter Plozza
A Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Force Majeure production presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE extreme sport, but at the heart of Parkour is a mindset of creativity. Scrambling, jumping and tumbling through the urban landscape; Parkour sets up a notion that the obstacles you encounter shouldn’t be avoided but rather deliberately engaged with in order to find your path ‘jump first, ask later’.
27 May
1pm
Dunstan Playhouse
Adelaide Festival Centre
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20
60 MIN
AGES: 11+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
E Bully Image: Mitre Khammash
Become the voice of change
FROM THE RUBY AWARD WINNING TEAM AT TRUE NORTH THEATRE ENSEMBLE
In the face of the reality of the internet bullying phenomenon, award-winning theatre maker Alirio Zavarce has devised and directed E Bully. As theatre designed to instigate change, E Bully opens up the issue of cyber bullying and enables True North Youth Theatre Ensemble to do what they are renowned for; facilitating important
conversations by young people, for young people.
19, 20, 24 & 27 May
E Bully is followed by a Q & A in which the audience and the ensemble are able to openly discuss the issue of bullying and share strategies and solutions with each other.
The Parks Theatre
7pm, Sat 20 & Sat 27, 2pm 46 Cowan St, Angle Park
Bookings
Bookings at truenorthyouththeatreensemble.com.au
By True North Youth Theatre Ensemble
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AGES: 5-8+
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Image: Jessica Wyld
75
MIN
Oddysea
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A multi-sensory adventure under the sea for the whole family!
Join Crab & Turtle for this funfilled immersive journey into an undersea world, designed especially for children with special needs. Set in a beautiful ocean installation, there’s plenty for your child to see, hear, smell, touch and taste as the story unfolds around them. Sensorium Theatre create amazing experiences that cater for all children’s needs, taking the whole family on an exciting 30 – dreambig 2017
journey beneath the sea! Don’t forget to pack a towel! Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre, Performing Lines WA, Sensorium Theatre and Marion Cultural Centre Is this for my child? This performance was created for children with a learning age of 5 – 8 years and is suitable for children with special needs including autism spectrum disorders, sensory processing issues or impairments, intellectual disabilities, global development delay, cerebral palsy and other special needs. Siblings of children with special needs are also welcome.
27 May
10am and 12.30pm
Marion Cultural Centre
287 Diagonal Rd, Oaklands Park
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family of 4 $80
WA
AGES:
40
BABIES IN ARMS AND CRAWLERS
MIN
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
Rain Image: Mardi Thorpe, The Seam
A mesmerising and immersive sensory experience
“cleverly structured, and technically expert, theatre making” The West Australian
Rain is an interactive performance installation for babies and their carers. Grownups and their littlest ones are immersed in an installation space full of surprise, delight and opportunities for connection through music, touch and performance. Two performers and a cellist create a space that welcomes babies, drawing them in and allowing them to relax and
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take in the sights and sounds. Parents, caregivers and babies will wonder and wander together in the rhythm of the rain. *Please note: pre walkers only. Walking babies are not suited to some elements of the installation.
24–27 May
10.30am, 12pm & 1.30pm
Rehearsal Room 1
Adelaide Festival Centre
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 $25 for baby & up to two adults
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60 MIN
AGES: 2-6
EVENT TYPE: ACTIVITY
Image: Jason Tyndall, Nature Play SA
Squelch A mud run and adventure challenge reconnecting children to the outdoors
Squelch features over 14 outdoor obstacles that are challenging, but safe and perfectly kid size! Children will jump, climb, crawl, swing, slide, balance, dodge and squelch through the mud, whilst making life long memories. They will get up close with nature and be empowered to take calculated risks, working in teams to complete a muddy challenge.
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A sensory area with mini mud activities, loose parts play and bubbles will keep more reluctant children engaged. Note: Children will get muddy at Squelch - but this is half the fun! There will be warm water for clean up, but we recommend children wear waterproof clothing and bring a towel and a change of clothes.
By Outdoor Playgroup Adelaide and Climbing Tree
27–28 May
10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm 4pm (Saturday only)
Southern Parklands
Opposite St Andrew’s Hospital
Bookings
Bookings through Squelch. Visit dreambigfestival.com.au/ events/squelch for the link. Children $6
60 MIN
AGES: 5-12
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
“one of the more beautiful, delightfully carefree pieces of audience interaction I’ve ever seen”
Netherlands
DC Theater Scene
Tetris A dynamic interpretation of the classic electronic game that has become part of video game history.
Arch 8’s incredible acrobatic quartet explores how we connect with one another through movement, humour and some awesome audience participation. The extreme physicality, energy and enthusiasm of the performers is contagious, delighting audiences as they watch a game of interlocking shapes unfold.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Receiving enthusiastic responses everywhere they appear, and winner of ‘Best Show’ at the International Performance Arts for Youth 2016 (Canada), Tetris is for the kids who can’t sit still, for the ones who like to climb the walls and those who can imagine further than they can see.
27 May
1pm & 3pm
Space Theatre
Adelaide Festival Centre
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family $80 Subscription $20
By Arch 8
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60 MIN
AGES: 11-14
EVENT TYPE: PERFORMANCE
FROZEN GIRL Created in collaboration with members of the Tutti Performing Arts Ensemble.
WORLD PREMIERE
Image: Mawarini
Kathryn is a sister, a daughter and Jane’s very best friend. When Jane and her family leave to live in another city, Kathryn’s world falls apart. Created by Tutti performing artists with director Juha Vanhakartano, writer Emily Steel and design artist Mawarini, Frozen Girl is
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captivating experimental theatre which asks what happens when a thirteen year old becomes lost in her own world. It also explores the inventiveness of her family’s support. Come along to discover how Kathryn finds her way back.
27 May
2pm & 6.30pm
Tandanya
253 Grenfell St, Adelaide
Bookings
For bookings refer to page 47 Adult $25 Child/Concession $20 Groups 6+ $20 Family of 4 $80 Subscription $20
Art Talk: Creativity and Arts Education
At DreamBIG Children’s Festival we recognise and embrace the thought that arts and creativity are integral to the future of humanity. It is with this sentiment that we invite educators and artists to a unique Art Talk that will feature composer, pedagogue and performer Paul Rissmann joined by other specialists to explore creativity in arts education. The discussion coincides with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Festival of Learning (4–10 June), UNESCO Arts Education Week (22–27 May) and DreamBIG Children’s Festival (18–27 May). 25 May 2017, 6pm Hawke Centre, 50/55 North Terrace, Adelaide
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORY FESTIVAL 1-31 MAY 2017 Grab your friends, and immerse yourself in history throughout May in South Australia’s History Festival! You can delve into the State’s past and explore our stories through tours, talks, walks, exhibitions, events especially for families, concerts, dinners and more. historyfestival.sa.gov.au P (08) 8203 9888 E historyfestival@history.sa.gov.au
This is a FREE seminar, but reservations are essential. Please visit hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au A partnership between the Adelaide Symphony Orcherstra an The Bob Hawke Prome Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia, in association with DreamBIG Children’s Festival.
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my paper world
Hello Pakistan
Working with school students and using paper as the main medium, artist and poet Elyas Alavi has worked with school students to create an amazing visual artwork which explores issues around the students’ individual, cultural and collective identity.
We have developed a wonderful partnership with the Children’s Literature Festival in Pakistan. This exhibition features letters, photographs and drawings students in South Australia and Pakistan have exchanged. Sharing about their lives and the books they read.
18–27 May
18–27 May
9am–3pm Daily
Space Theatre Foyer
Adelaide Festival Centre
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FREE EXHIBITIONS
Image: Through Art
Movie Music Statistics Making Through Art
Movie music can make or break a scene, making it scary, sad or adventurous! This exhibition features soundtracks composed, performed and recorded by students, with musician Julian Ferraretto, as a part of DreamBIG.
18–27 May Festival Theatre Foyer Adelaide Festival Centre
Teaching artist Alise Hardy enables young artists to explore ways of connecting numeracy and visual arts through inquiry-based projects. This exhibition demonstrates the imaginative ways students have combined paper, clay and paint to illustrate statistics that are relevant to their lives and the lives of their peers.
18–27 May 10am–3pm Daily
Artspace
Adelaide Festival Centre
FREE EXHIBITIONS
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Kids’ Gallery In the Saddleart for kids by kids!
On the Wall
Image: Albert D'Aloia
An Indigenous community art project from the Kimberley region of far north Western Australia
See through the eyes of South Australia’s young artists including residents of PomPom, Carclew’s contemporary art space in the north, and our budding Explore Arts school holiday program creators. An exhibition of work by artists aged 12 years and under. Curated by kids for kids.
Image: Alan Griffiths, Branding cattle, 2014, courtesy the artist.
In the Saddle – On the Wall showcases the contribution of Aboriginal people to the nation’s cattle industry – sharing the stories of station life through the voices of Aboriginal people who worked at the heart of the industry in the early to mid-20th century.
18–28 May
18 April–25 June
Carclew
Flinders University City Gallery
10am–3pm
11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide
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Tue–Fri 11am–4pm, Sat & Sun 12pm–4pm State Library of SA, North Terrace
FREE EXHIBITIONS
La Baracca
Troubled Waters
Image: Georgia Wallace (Still from The Earth and the Elements)
An interdisciplinary exhibition that addresses the impact of human activity on Australia’s natural and marine environments
Exhibition on the Charter of Human Rights for Children to Access the Arts
Troubled Waters provides a unique platform for dialogue between artists and scientists. The key installation, River Journey, is inspired by world-renowned research into the changing ecology of the Murray River.
Developed in Italy by theatre company La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi and contributed to by many illustrators and translators, this exhibition project delightfully champions the right of children to access the arts. Translated into Kaurna language, with thanks to Rob Amery, Jack Kanya Buckskin, Kira Bain and Kaurna Summer School at Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi.
Friday 12 May–Friday 9 June
18–27 May
Samstag Museum
Artspace
Tues–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 2pm–5pm
Hawke Building, UniSA City West campus, 55 North Terrace
Adelaide Festival Centre
FREE EXHIBITIONS
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A Playful Past Play is an important part of all our lives. But what is play and why do people play?
Mind My Colour
PLA Y Image: Miranda Harris
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A fascinating look into the world of play, this learning program was co-created by children for children and is presented alongside the State Library’s exhibition Play: Objects of Play from the State Library of South Australia’s collections (opening 10 February 2017).
An exhibition of artwork exploring the psychology of colour and our emotions. The Art Bus, in association with the TeamKids Arts in Health program, provided a series of visual art workshops for children who were patients in the hospital. Mind My Colour is the result.
20 February–26 May
18–27 May
State Library of SA
Women’s and Children’s Hospital TeamKids Gallery
Mon–Fri 10am
North Terrace, Adelaide
10am–5pm
72 King William Rd, North Adelaide
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FREE EXHIBITIONS
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REDEVELOPMENT INFORMATION We are part of the transformation of Adelaide Riverbank that will create a vibrant space for all South Australians and visitors to our state to come together and enjoy. Once complete, Adelaide Festival Centre will integrate seamlessly with Festival Plaza to create a lively, dynamic space buzzing with cultural and entetainment events. We are working on: • Modern foyers with upgraded facilities • New food and beverage options • Technical equipment upgrades in the theatres • A children’s art playground • Northern promenade with new entrances • Adelaide’s very own star-studded Walk of Fame 46 – dreambig 2017
The current redevelopment is the most significant capital infrastructure project undertaken since our doors opened in 1973. DreamBIG Children’s Festival and Big Family Weekend 2017 will be positioned mainly along North Terrace, with minimal activity at Adelaide Festival Centre. To find out more about the Festival Plaza upgrade visit theadelaideriverbank.com.au and for wayfinding around the precinct, download the Adelaide Riverbank app to your phone.
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CONDITIONS OF TICKET PURCHASE Lost or Stolen Tickets In most instances reserved seat tickets may be replaced however general admission tickets cannot be replaced. Please call BASS on 131 246 for assistance. Concessions Pensioners, seniors, unemployed patrons and full time students are entitled to concession prices. Proof of entitlement may be requested at time of purchase or at the venue. Please make sure you carry your concession cards.
CHILD SUPERVISION Children must be supervised at all times during all performance and events at the Adelaide Festival Centre and other DreamBIG Children’s Festival venues. This helps promote a safe and secure environment for our children.
PARENTING ROOMS Adelaide Festival Centre has a parenting room located off the Festival Theatre foyer with a breastfeeding chair and separate toilets including a child’s size toilet and changing table. See concierge staff if you are unsure of the location.
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Adelaide Festival Centre is committed to offering an exciting range of entertainment and education for young people. 130,000 children and their families visit Adelaide Festival Centre each year. CentrED is Adelaide Festival Centre’s core arts education program providing performing and visual arts learning opportunities for teachers and students. Nearly 15,000 students and teachers from more than 600 schools engage with centrED annually.
SOMETHING ON SATURDAY delights and entertains more than 15,000 people every year, providing a wide range of performances and hands-on arts and crafts to children aged 2-10. Through school programs, students come from far and wide and Something on Saturday engages families with accessible, quality programming from April to August. Adelaide Festival Centre is key to the creation of these experiences.